eeshu
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- Joined
- Jan 15, 2011
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
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- China
Below is a multiple-choice item.
There remains, ______ political conviction, a public debate between the supporters of comprehensive schools and those who want to retain or revive grammar schools. For one group the overriding consideration is equality and the need to eliminate privilege, even if it means ruling out any form of parental choice; for the other, the belief that its own children have the best chance of belonging to the educational elite is sufficient reason for perpetuating it.
a) thanks to
b) owing to
Both options are acceptable, aren' they? Can anyone please tell me why is one better than the other?
There remains, ______ political conviction, a public debate between the supporters of comprehensive schools and those who want to retain or revive grammar schools. For one group the overriding consideration is equality and the need to eliminate privilege, even if it means ruling out any form of parental choice; for the other, the belief that its own children have the best chance of belonging to the educational elite is sufficient reason for perpetuating it.
a) thanks to
b) owing to
Both options are acceptable, aren' they? Can anyone please tell me why is one better than the other?